By EPA Newswire | Mar 5, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 2126, the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act, by a vote of 375 to 36. This bipartisan legislation uses a market-driven and voluntary approach to encourage energy and costs savings.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing its work to protect affordable energy and promote an “all-of-the-above" energy strategy, the House of Representatives will vote this week on a series of commonsense energy bills, including several measures authored by Energy and Commerce Committee members to advance energy efficiency as well as ensure coal remains a viable source of American energy.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 4, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today discussed opportunities to improve the management of the Medicare program and what immediate steps should be taken to address waste and fraud in the program. Today’s hearing, “Keeping the Promise: ...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 3, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the following statement on the potential for U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to weaken Russian influence. The committee has been actively engaged on the benefits of LNG exports. In October of 2013, ...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), today continued its review of the Federal Trade Commission as it celebrates its 100th anniversary. The subcommittee heard from academic experts about their perspective on the FTC’s mission and authority...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of March 3, 2014. The committee will review the Obama administration’s proposed changes to labeling for generic drugs, examine ways the administration can better manage Medicare to protect seniors, ...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) today expressed disbelief regarding the administration’s most recent change to the health care law: providing subsidies for “retroactive" enrollment. The administration announced that all states could pay subsidies to enrollees purchasing health care both on and off the exchanges.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 28, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today welcomed the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to scrap the commission’s Critical Information Needs (CIN) study. Every Republican...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today began its hearing series on the “Benefits of and Challenges to Energy Access in the 21st Century" with a focus on electricity. The subcommittee examined the benefits of access to affordable and reliable electricity as well current challenges to expanding electricity access.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) today unveiled draft legislation to modernize the regulation of chemicals in commerce. The Chemicals in Commerce Act (CICA) keys off a bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate and provides a solution to improve public confidence in the safety of chemicals produced and used in the United States and to encourage innovation and job creation.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today held a hearing to examine the ongoing threat of counterfeit drugs, in particular illegal drug supply chains. Witnesses and members discussed how advances in technology, a...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 27, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today approved four bipartisan bills that will address issues facing newborn babies, trauma patients, and veterinarians. The legislation advanced today builds on the bipartisan successes of this committee...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: Multiple Analyses Find Administration’s Proposed Rule Would Lead to More #BrokenPromises, Higher Costs, and Fewer Choices for Seniors
By EPA Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the following statement in response to the release of the State Department Inspector General report over the Keystone XL pipeline review...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 26, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee today expressed concerns about the legality, consequences, and cost of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposed changes to the popular Medicare Part D prescription drug program. The administration’s proposed...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 25, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced that the Energy and Commerce Committee will pursue legislative solutions to take the Federal Communications Commission’s Critical Information Needs (CIN) study off the books. The study, which...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 24, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement upon the news that former Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman and fellow Michigan colleague John D. Dingell (D-MI) will retire at the end of the 113th Congress. Dingell has served in the U.S.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders expressed disappointment following today’s announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services on additional cuts to the Medicare Advantage program. Chairman Upton last week joined the House Republican leadership in a letter to President...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of Feb. 24, 2014. The committee will examine how the Obama administration’s attack on the Medicare Part D program will increase costs and reduce choices for seniors. The committee will also...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 21, 2014
News Release: Next week, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments relating to the Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations, and specifically whether EPA’s regulation of GHG emissions from new cars triggered GHG permitting requirements for stationary sources. At the time the...
